Felix battles a spider in Sure-Locked Homes (1928). I’m presuming Otto Messmer animated this short and is responsible for the great shapes ...

During his 23-year career on radio, Jack Benny used three sets of writers. The middle group was Ed Beloin and Bill Morrow, who were able to ...

“I haven’t got a daddy,” says the cute but oblivious little creature to a wolf that wants to eat him. “Will you be my daddy?” he asks. You ...

The Alvin Show would have been great—without Alvin. I can do without a self-centered jerkish character. And I can do without screechy rendi...

Obsessiveness? Insanity? Well, what else would you find in a Tex Avery cartoon? The rooster in Tex Avery’s Cock-a-Doodle Dog (1951) follow...

The year was 1946. It was the year Bing Crosby changed network radio for good. The Old Groaner had been hosting a show on the air for Kraf...

The Fleischer studio had to give a name to its new series of sound cartoons, so it (or Paramount) came up with “Talkartoons.” There isn’t a...